Wilaya Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Wilaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Wilaya (49) may also be a first name.
Wilaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wilaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wilaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻻﻳﻪ) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wilaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wilaya is the 1,817,111th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Wilaya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Wilaya live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,430,306th most widespread first name on earth, held by 49 people.
The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 1,537,781. In Indonesia Wilaya is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 65 percent reside, Bali, where 15 percent reside and Jambi, where 7 percent reside. Beside Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wilaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wilaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻻﻳﻪ | wlayh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wilaya
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